Hague-Visby Rules

The Hague-Visby Rules are the Hague Rules 1924 as amended by the 1968 Visby Protocol and the 1979 SDR Protocol. They raise the carrier’s package limit to 666.67 SDR per package or 2 SDR per kilogram, whichever is higher, add the container clause for goods carried in containers, and bar the carrier from contracting out of its minimum duties. The one-year time bar in Article III Rule 6 and the seaworthiness duty in Article III Rule 1 are the provisions most often litigated in cargo claims.